My first impression of Blue Protocol, a free-to-play MMO from Bandai Namco and Amazon Games that's headed West next year, comes with a disclaimer: I'm usually not an MMORPG person.
I've sampled quite a few of the best MMOs, but outside Destiny 2 as an adult and Runescape as a teen, usually only in bursts, often while treating them like single-player games wherever possible. This is actually why I was interested in Blue Protocol to begin with. It does seem to have the grindy bones of an MMO you could turn into a lifestyle game if that's your bag, but to my delight, it also seems like a fun and free JRPG unabashedly infused with the energy and style of games like Bandai's Tails series.
